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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-01

CHICAGO, March 3l.-Notwithstanding
all the Grand Jury has done during the
three weeksit has been investigating Cook
county thievery and robbery, and all it
can do during the three days that remain
o! the present term Of the Criminal Court,
Staten Attorney Grinnell thinks there
ia enough for it 10 do for two weeks to
come.
lie is considering the advisabllity Of az:
tending tho inquisition over into April
and continuing i. until the regular April
Grand Jury meets, and 10 tha: end he will
probably ask Judge Anthony, before Sat
nrday, for the order necessary to carry out
his plan. Under the law the present Jury
will, as mater oil eanrse, have TO present
iA report and what additional ind!ctments
it may have leit,ito Judge Anthony on that
day. !. ID doubtful whether many OF them
viii CONSENT to serve an additional fort
niyht, hut il is Haid that tho StAte's Attor'
nsy viii do everything in h:a power to in
dues az many OF the present iu'oFa 40 he
can to :rcepi poaitiona on the now special
fHry
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ClSciSSArI, March 3l.-spssker Car.
Isle arrived here this morning.
When asked if he had noticed anything
peculiar ia Senator Sherman's Nashville
Bpeech, Mr.. Carlisle said:
"ies, certainly; something qnite pc.
cnlisr. Why, he took down the bloody
shirt and faced the Republican party right
about on the question OF the right OF in.
terference by the National Government in
State atfRife."
"On the assumption OF protecting the
coloFed citizens in their exercise OF the
voting privilege?"
"Yes; it proclaimed decidedly new
and ronciiistory policy"
"And what Of his financial ideas?"
81 see nothing now in them-nothing
whatever. He talked 10 win the support
OF tew manufacturing people down
there"
That is protection Tor Southern indus.
tries?"
"Ies, but the doctrine will not com.
mend itself to tho masses Of the Southern
people,"
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ADULTERATION OF FOOD,
Foreign Matter Bald to be Found In all Sorts
OF Condiments

Foreign Matter Bald to bs Found In all Sorts
of Condiments.
WASHINGTON, March 3l.-Tbe chemists
OF the Department Of Agriculture, under
the direction Of the Commissioner, have
for year or more been investigating the
extent and uanuer Of food adulteration
practiced in this country, and report
covering several branches OF tho work ia
in process Of preparation. That portion
relating to spices and condiments prepared
by Clifford Richardson is already CON.
pleted. Mr. Richardson's Investigations
show that no other kinds OF human food
arc adulterated TO such On extent, OF
twenty samples OF ground cloves examin.
ed, only two were pure. The others had
suffered the extraction Of their essential
oils and had been polluted by the addition
OF Glove etems, slspice and husks OF va.
rieus kinds.
OF eight samples OF csyenne pepper, on
iy one was pure; Of ten samples Of ilnustard,
none were pure-unChanged muatard,
though several had only suffered the loss
OF their fixed oil; tho otters contsined
quantities Of wheat -four, tho spurious
matter being in come cases two.thitds Of
the compound. This made it necessary
to add tume1ic acid (harmless) to restore
the mustard color. Ten samples OF alspice
Sero examined, eight OF which were pure.
Four samples oi cassis were sll pure. Vi
ten samples Of ginger, four were pure.
Only one out Of thirteen samples OF black
pepper was forud to ba what it purportsd
to be. 4 specimen eent from Baltimore
to aan who had an army contract was
almost entirely spurious Cayenne pepper,
BLACK pepper, husss and mustard hula
we're used to give flavor and pungency,
while body was supplied by ground
beans and rice, and color by charcoal.
Two samples Of white pspper out OF FIVE
we're pure; two samples OF mace out OF
five we're pure. Mr.. Richardson's exper.
iencs leads to the conclusion that the pub.
lie has the power in its own hands to Of.
feet a reform in the matter OF epice adul.
teration. The quality OF the article is
usually fixed by the retailer who names
the price he is willingto psy. The grinder
thereupon estimates the amount OF pure
spice he can aIord to put in, and Glls ont
the order with refuse.
MIR. Richardson incidentally mentioned
a new York spice-grinder who, within a
short time, worked Oft 5000 pounds Of
cocosnut husks. The ground article,
which sells for less than the pure and un-
ground, needs no test to prove it tspnrioas.
Usually when he demanded pure Irticls
and called upon first class grocsr for it
he got it. Considerable space is given in
the report to the operation Of laws at
home and abroad relating to the aduitera.
ton Of food, while the methods OF de.
lection, both popular and scientific, are
treated exhaustiyely.
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TERRIBLE DISASTER
INrEsrfNd A NEW MADE BOILER.
Tho Gauges Refuse to Work and Pour Mon
arc Painfully scaided by All Explosion,
Three of Whom ars Supposed to bs
Fatally InJured-Ths Accident.

ERIE, Pa, March 3i.--A serious and per
hads fatal boiler explosion occurred thli
morning in the boiler works Of T. IT.
Nagle, In which Edgar L. Sturtevant, Of
No. llGS Superior street, Cleveland, Ohio,
inspector for the Hartford Steam Boile,
Insurance Company, Patrick Kelly, vii.
liam McCloul, JameB Welsh and A. L.
Murphy, shop foreman, Of this city, we're
Injured, the lives Of tho fn. three be-
Ing despaired Of. An hydraulic test Of
a twenty horse power boiler had just been
made, and 1t was fired up for the purpose
OF getting up a steam pressure. The
gauge marked 40 pounds and Inspector
sturtcvant WAS looking into tho fire box
when the ilue plate gave way and tho
super heated steam rushed out, enyelop.
ing the inspector and Kelly and McOloud
and burning them moat frightfully, there
not being spot on Kelly's body as large
as the palm OF the hand that is not raw.
MCOloud's chest, abdomen and legs are
highttally Bcalded, while the skin la all
bliatered oil s.uitevsnt's face, neck, chest,
arms and back. =
The men were taken to the hospital at
once and placed in packs OF cotton and
linseed oil. Welsh and Murphy while
painfully injured are no. in dangerous
condition. fhe physician in charge has
just made q trip to the hospital, and re.
ports helly anu Sturteyant failing while
McCloud seema TO be II anything q little
improved. It's hard to place the Iespons.
ibility Of the accident, as 1t Was peculiar
In its nature, a like one never having been
known III the history OF boiler making.
1t ia, however, thought that the gauge wss
detective Gnd did not show the proper
pressure which nust have been over 800
mounds.
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First Quarters failures.

NEW YoRK, March Sl.-The business
failures fthe three months ending to.day
"a reported by R. G. Dunn & Co.. mum.
bered 1907, against 3,203 for the same
quarter OF 1856. The comparative lisbili-
ties Tor the corresponding period we're.
1887, So, l6l, 600; 1855, s29,6Sl, 900. Tbs
geographical distribution is somewhat nm.
usual, the liabilities in the middle States
amounting 10 $4,000 600, showing
an increase Of over So 100000 com.
pared with the year 1886; and in
New York city they were 5000, 900,
sections Of the country axcep. the Middle
State, the failures sre fewer and much less
in amount than an average and the total
result is much less than in previous Years,
In Canada, the failures for the first a ouerter
Of 1887 are S93, against Ss9 in 1886; ilisbiii.
ties 81, ,Go2,0 900, against $2,442, 900 in 1856.
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, March Sl,-In
many portions Of the territory tributary
to this city suffering from drought Ia se.
we're. In Atsca county all crops ara a
failure, milk and bntter are scarce, lean
kline are as common as fat ones once were
and unless it rains soon the people will bs
brought to starvation.
North and west in Medina county the
cattle are dying 30 fast their owners can.
not skin them, and though In sections
iu!ther west the mortality is not 80 grest,
dying cattle can be best appre ciated bv
comparison Of the hide market here. il
is always large one and active, but now
II is oyerstecked and prices dropuiug
daily. Tho country folks bring in the
skins piled in wagons, and many are
coming in by freight trains. There ia In
consequence great dullness in the stock.
Nor,tu NN~s~
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LONDON, March 3l.-Qleen Victoriae
arrival at Cannes has been delayed a day
by an accident to the train conveying her
thither. 1t was discovered last night that
the springs Of the railway coach occupied
by Her Majesty were heated. The dis.
covery was made when the train REACHED
La Roche. her Majssty's csrrisgs WAS
there stopped, and it was decided to avail,
daylight before proceeding. This morn
Ing the Qleen removed to another car.
fiage, and continued the journey. She
will reach Cannes tomorrow. The
British men.of-war, Thunderer, Colossus,
Agammemon and Dreadnought, with the
Duke Of Edinburgh and Prince George ol
Wales on hosrd. lie at anchor in the bay
at Cannes awaiting the Queens arrival.
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LAwEEScE, MAss., March 3l.-On the
10Th inst. tho Sunday Telegram published
concerning the St. Pstrick's Day parade, &
humorous illustrated article, which the
Morning Times. in bitter editorial, de.
nouncod rs reflection on the Irish peo.
pie, and called upon the Irish societies ia
boycott the paper. The Ancient Order Of
Hibernians have called convention OF NIL
Irish societies next Sunday to consider
tho proposed boycott. The Ttltgrum pub.
lishers offer, in csse the boycott is declar.
cd, any amount Of posters announcing the
action free Of charge. Other city newspA.
pera will take hand in the fight.
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NEWS IN BRIEF,

Frank James, the ex-bandit, has gone to
Denison, Tex. to engage in business.
Patrick Walsh, OF Nov York, has adopt.
cd the Jewish faith and married a Jewess.
A $4,000 stock company has been or.
ganized in Canton, ., 10 bore for oil and
gas.
Tho Connecticut Senate has passed the
ton.hour labor law for women and chill
dren.
1t is estimated that there has been a
decrease Of Sl2,000,000 in the public debt
in March.
The Baltimore & Ohio option to the
iresIStaynes Syndicate has been extended
four wecke.
1t Is reported in New York that $3.50 900
OF the funds OF tho Horn Silver Mining
Company has Disappeared. y
A bill providing for the settlement OF the
nndispitel Stato debt has passed both
honses oi the Arkansas Legislature.
Fred Bane, seventeen.y year. old boy,
committed suicide NJ Newark, O.. by
hanging himalf with kitchen towel.
Ex-Lieuieuan, Governor T. G. Reynolds,
Of Missouri, luicided in 81. Louis by
throwing himself down an elevator shaft.
Tho trial OF 7. J. Eagan, a local politi.
clan Of St. Louis, indicted with several
othcre for election frauds, has begun in
that city.
f'inSree < Smiths afioe factory, Detroit,
burned. l.oRs S255,0O0. Seven hundred
and t&an.y-iive employees arc thrown out
OF work,
a. l.. Lowe, member oil tho Missiasipni
legislnture, shot and killed Charles VS.
man, at Iieulah. Minis. Tho trouble gap
about loves wife.
Five hundred men nj work on tho
Equitable building in Now York struck
because two non-union mon were ON.
ployed to put up electric wircH.
Mayor Hewitt, Of New York, says he
will 100 every enteayor TO close tho divea
in that city, and II he cannot get tho law
enforced, will resign the Mayoral.y.
Tho postoilicO Department officials nre
having prepared serieH of new tleaigRs
OF embossed AtGmpa for stamped envelopes
Of tho one, two, four and iive.cont demon.
nations.
ChnrloH l'rederioks made doath.bed
confession Nt Scranton, Pa, Of tho murder
of Jefferson Iohe, committed seventeen
years ago. Ito implicated Michael Hort.
zel, Of Milllin, Pa, who has boon mr.
rested.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-01
Lightning Rod Swindlsrs.

Special Dtpaich 10 The Initllieener.
CAMBRIDGE, o., March 3l.-Guernsey
county has been gultsd by q gang Of
lightning rod swindlors, who leave this
afternoon for Wheeling, W. Va. They
call themselves Samuel Glass, ]. B.
Hongh, II. O. Plat, Charles IIough and
A. b. Chill, and hall from Chicago, Ill.
They pretend to be tssting lightning rods
for defective wires In the intsrss. OF in.
surance companies, and tent the wires
with an electric battery, cutting the cir
cult when the farmer comes to test his
own wires. and completing the circuit
when he tet4B the wire they offer. OF
course the farmer is shocked, and usually
They will probably try to dia.
pose Of some Of their Guernsey county
notes in Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-01
AST0 THE WOOL TRADE
VASTLY EXAGGERATED REPORTS
In Regard to tho Advance In tho Product,
Wool is Cheaper Here Than ia Any coun. !.
try In tho worid-what should be
Done to Protect tho Industry, vi.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 3l.-The ad-
vance on wool in Earops one year ago,
and the exaggerated reports oil the name
cablsd to America, were the cause of
heavy losses to American operators, a.
they produced speculative demand and
rising prices for the wool clip Of 1886.
which caused It TO sell for higher figures
In the wool growing sections than was
justified by subsequent events. Eastern
buyers believed that advancing prices for
wool would surely be followed by an sd.
vance In goods, and therefore the CLIP was
freely bought at what at the time seemed,
and what after reaults proved to be un.
jEgystifiable fgures. Goods not only failed
to advance In Europe or Amerlcs. but
would not sell freely eyen at former
prices. This caused weak and declining
market for wool from October to the p,es.
ent time. and the adysnce Of last summer
has now nearly MI been lost, fine or meri.
no wdols especially being now about aa
low as at this time last year, and SLOW at
Wool is to-day relatively cheaper in the
United States than In any other par. of
the world. One season for this is found
IN the dctcc;s that have been deyeloned
oy iour years experience with the present
tariff, one oil the most obvious Of which Ia
the specific duty on unmanufactured
secured wool Of 80 cents per pound-yet
this came secured wool made into warn or
goods, pays specific duty of only IS
cents per pound when levied on eome of
the finest goods made Of high qualities OF
occurred Australian merino wool, The adj
valorem duty not being sufficient to cover
the difference between European and
Amrican wages. As a result OF this un-
equal legislation, we see in one year 100.
0O0 600 pounds OF secured wool imported
IN the shape OF yarn aud unmanufsctured
goods, while American woods lie neglect
cd and much American machinery stands
idle. The present duty on wool thouoh
nominally sufficient is rendered inopera.
tive by reason OF the relatively lower
duty on goods. and the protection to
American wool will continue to be only
shadow until Congress increases the
specific duty on the manuiactured artioie
(which IL always made OF secured wool)
w "s ioast tne eaulo leVel as tne duty on
raw material. - -
There was an undoubted shortage In
the clip Of 1856, yet owing to excessive
importations Of foreign wool and goods,
We SEQ q large surplus OF American wool
carried over, which would long ago have
been consumed had the foreign goods been
excluded by higher protective duties.
The only market for American wool is
with the American manufacturer; when
he is undersold and losing his market BY
foreign competition, the American wool
grower loses his only avenue for the dis.
Posal ofhis wosl. Nothing but Systematic
and organized pressure on Congress, will
make it right. 1t can be made right with
suitable efforts, which should begin at
once aud nsver cease until the present
wool tariff ia corrected,
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Ell PAso, TEX, March 3l.-Quarant;us
was instituted here to-day asains. cholera.
= Tho plague has travelled nor,hward in
South American until it hss reaehed ,ha
isthmns Of Panama, and it is feared the
Mexican Central trains may bring 1t into
By order ol the State Health officer,
Rutherford, all Persons, baggage and ire;vh
from cholera injected points will be denied
ambulance TO the State. Passengers going
east from this city will be furnished Ger.
iilicates from the local Health Officer,
Race. All mails from cholera injected
ports viii DO disinfected before they are
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BRITAIN BEATEN
Out in Africn n-Shc Allows Hersolf to be-
Crowded to tho Wpll.

Out In Africn She Allows Herself to b,
Crowded TO tho Wall.
LONDON, March 3l.--A letter has beer
received from Henry N. Stanley, dstet
Cape Town, March OH. He expressed
bewiiderment at the constant evidence he
sees Of the British yielding and shrinking
in Africa before noise, bIuater and mock
heroica.
"1n the West and North," be GAYS,
France and Portugal have asrodo witt
audscious and frantic haste to excluds the
British: Now l come to Zanzibar. There
l lind that the British fact has given way
to the German, and that the German
traders outnumber tho British. There il
relentless aggressiveness about the Ger.
mans that is ominoua. Their manner Is
naughty and overbearing, and carries an
air Of you must The natives look on in
wonder while the British effect superb in.
difference.
Zanzibar is like ripo plum ready 10
drop into the psil OF the British as re.
ward fcr patient nursing and OF uphold.
ing a feeble State and at the first sign OF a
German gunboat it is abandoned. 1t is
no business OF mine, but confees to q
sentimental regret that Euslish statesmen
should be so easily vsnguished. found
llppoo Tab, the unCrowned king OF the
region, between Stanley Falls and Tan.
gany lka Lake and commanding thous.
ands OF fighting men. l chose the latter
not with q view to his helping me to reach
Emln Bey, but 10 assist me in bringing
away Emin's store OF ivory, which is Of
10000 pounds. In the presence Of the
British Consul l contracted with Tippoo
lib to supply mo with 600 carriers. l
also, after receiving consent from King
Leopold by telegraph, appointed Tippoo
Governor OF Stanley Falls at Regular sal.
ary. Tppoo Tib guarantees to defend the
station against the Arabs and 10 defeat and
capture all persons raiding for slaves and
to abstsin from engaging in the slave traffic
himself below the falls. A European off.
Ger will be appointed, resident at Stanley
Fails, to insure adherence to the contract
aud to stop Tippoo Tbs salary upon any
breach OF the engagement.
$50 far there has been no hitch in the
expedition. Everybody has shown The
utmost sympathy, and our difficulties have
been smoothed by the prevailing good
feeling. | have sent letter to Emin, civ.
ing him the probable date Of our arrival.
Tippoo lib has orderad his people to con-
een'rste at Stanley Faila, in readiuess for
marching"
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LONDON, March Sl.-Two hundred
members Of Parliament attended tho Con,
seryntive meeting, among them was Lord
Randolph Churchill. The meeting en-.
Enthusiastically supported tho decision Of
MIR. William Henry Smith, the ConservR.
tive lender in the House Of Commons, to
have a division tomorrow night OH Mr.
Parnells amendment TO tho Irish crimes
act amendment bill, providing that the
House rcaolvos itanli into committee 10
consider tho state OF Ireland, and on tho
first reading Of the measure even il closure
had 70 be enforced.
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THAT is certainly frank alderman OF
Detroit who says that 'it would not be
safe for man to vote fora Prohibitionist"
in hig part Of the town. This is the spirit
that asssssinated Rev. Mr.. Haddock in
Iowa. Much OF that kind OF talk and that
kind OF thing would convert some people
who do not favor prohibition. The idea
that man cannot vote his sentiments in
this country-whether q colored man in
Mississippi or South Carolina, or white
man iu Iowa or Michigan-is revolving to
the last degree. The American people
will not always submit 10 so rough reg.
linen.
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a FRIEND OF Mr.. Camden writes that the
1STELLlGgScEg was in error when it said
that Mr. Camdeu's friends denied that he
was connected with the Standard Oil Com.
pany, either Senator Sommervilie
or Delegate Kidd having stated
in a speech that Mr.. Camden was
Vice President ofthe company. 1t would
have been better for Mr. Camden's polit-
ical intu,e ii be had DO; been connected
with tina! company at all.
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WIsovA, MINI, March 5i.-Whiie the
cable Terry wa coming across the river
ahou. Midnight Tuesday night with hack
and baggage wagon and pusscngera from
the burlington train, the boat VIM atruck
bya large hsid Of Ice, the cable snnpPe;!
and tbs boat waa carried down stream. a
policsnsn on shore secured aid, ant WIN
two BkiGs and ro7e got tho boat saiety 70
shors after going dow? about two inileh'
Il yss about four o'clock yesterday morn.
Ing when the psopl. on the boat Hot
HyteYe. Tho leo hha gone ouI end the
river la now clear 10 81. Louis,
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CHICAGO, March 3l.-The Times Gays:
ut may bc officially gtatod on the part Of
the Chicago and Grand Trunk, that If the
passenger department OF tho Central
Traffic Association will abide by it's decla-
lou made at lCst weeks meeting, regard
ing diiierentialB On passenger business,
tho OhicSgo and Grand Trunk will carry
carry out it's portion OF the agreement
without aTeFVing, regardless Of tho fact
th0t 1t will not be memberlol tho organ.
izstion,"